Marlins Home Opener Canceled After 10 Players Test Positive For COVID

The Miami Marlins home opener scheduled for today has been canceled after a total of 10 players and two coaches have tested positive for COVID, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The Marlins are still in Philadelphia where they finished a three-game series Sunday against the Phillies with an 11-6 win.

This news will have a ripple effect through baseball with the Yankees scheduled to play tonight in Philadelphia. Baltimore was scheduled to be in Miami today and tomorrow before going back to Baltimore to start a two-game set against Miami. The Marlins reportedly used the Phillies visiting clubhouse all weekend so you'd have to assume the Yankees won't want to use that space.






Don Mattingly says the decision was made to fly home today and arrive a few hours ahead of the game against Baltimore:

Now Rob Manfred needs to step up with a disaster plan MLB should've been working on since March. What do you do with the Yankees? What do you do with the O's-Marlins series? Are the Marlins forced to call up reserves? Step on up Rob. Let's get this figured out. First pitch is in a few hours.












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